The Handbook of the Birds of the World is the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the living species of birds. When Volume 16 is published in 2011, it will be the first work to verbally and visually portray each member of an entire Class of the Animal Kingdom.

Material in each volume is grouped by families, with an introductory text on general aspects of the group, generously illustrated with colour photographs. This is followed by individual species accounts and their accompanying colour plates illustrating all species, including all significant sexual and subspecific differences, of all of the families covered. In addition, all volumes contain a foreword on a particular ornithological theme.

Volumes average 600 pages of full-colour content and deal with 500 to 800 species, with 60-plus plates, hundreds of photographs and distribution maps, and thousands of references. So far, 14 volumes have been produced. New volumes appear at roughly annual intervals, and are collected by scientific organizations, birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts in over 150 countries.

Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 4 Sandgrouse to CuckoosEdited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi SargatalForeword on species concepts and species limits in ornithology by Jürgen H. Haffer.

Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 10 Cuckoo-shrikes to ThrushesEdited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David A. ChristieForeword on the ecology and impact of non-indigenous birds by Daniel Sol, Tim Blackburn,Phillip Cassey, Richard Duncan and Jordi Clavell.

Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 11 Old World Flycatchers to Old World WarblersEdited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David A. ChristieForeword on the ecological significance of bird populations by Cagan Sekercioglu with a Preface by Paul Ehrlich.

Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 14 Bush-shrikes to Old World SparrowsEdited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David A. ChristieForeword on birding past, present and future – a global view, by Stephen Moss

Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 15 Weavers to New World WarblersEdited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David A. ChristieForeword on conservation of the world’s birds, by Stuart Butchart, Nigel Collar, Alison Stattersfield & Leon Bennun.

Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 16 Tanagers to New World BlackbirdsEdited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David A. Christie

Foreword on Climate Change and Birds, byAnders Pape Møller.

Volume 16 covers the last four families of the series, including two of the largest of all, the tanagers (283 species) and the buntings and New World sparrows (326 species), as well as the cardinals and the New World blackbirds, the latter including such spectacular birds as the orioles and oropendolas.

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